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Psalms 49:10 — King James Version← Study notes

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.


Psalms 49:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:106 words
HebrewMeaning
וִֽ/יחִיwiyḥiy
so he may liveconjH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
ע֥וֹדʿwōd
stilladvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
לָ/נֶ֑צַחlāneṣaḥ
to perpetuitypronH5331
constantly · end · ever · perpetual ···
לֹ֖אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִרְאֶ֣הyirəʾeh
he will seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
הַ/שָּֽׁחַתhašāḥat
the pitparticleH7845
destruction · ditch · grave · pit
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 49:10

The First Part. 1. ...“Hear ye these things, all you nations” Psalm 48:1. Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ has proclaimed it through the Apostles, has proclaimed it in so many tongues that He sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 49 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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